Old Main Memorial Auditorium, Photograph - Pages 27 and 28
Scope and Contents
The May Benson Lyle Scrapbook contains Fifty-six (front and back) unnumbered pages with forty-nine black and white photographs (one each on the front and back covers of the scrapbook) recording May Benson Lyle's time as a student at Sam Houston Normal Institute from 1905-1908.
The images in the scrapbook are of campus buildings such as Austin Hall, Old Main Building, and the Peabody Memorial Library. There are also images of faculty members such as Ida Lawrence, Sue Smither, Professor Coleman, Professor Henry Fishburne Estill, Joseph (Joe) Pritchett, and his brother President Henry Carr Pritchett. Additional images show May Benson Lyle and her friends at the boarding house they lived in while attending Sam Houston Normal Institute.
Dates
- Creation: 1905 - 1908
Extent
1 Photographic Prints : Black and white photograph. Handwriting in black ink.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
Page 27: Black and white photograph of the Memorial Auditorium in the Old Main Building. Underneath the photograph in stylized writing is "Hall of Piety." in black ink.
Page 28: Blank
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository